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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">Concept InputIterator</span></h2>
<p>InputIterator</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.3"></a><h2>Description</h2>
<p>An input iterator is an iterator that can read through a sequence of
  values.  It is single-pass (old values of the iterator cannot be
  re-used), and read-only.</p>
<p>An input iterator represents a position in a sequence.  Therefore, the
  iterator can point into the sequence (returning a value when dereferenced
  and being incrementable), or be off-the-end (and not dereferenceable or
  incrementable).</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.4"></a><h2>Refinement of</h2>
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<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="Assignable.html" title="Concept Assignable">Assignable</a></p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="DefaultConstructible.html" title="Concept DefaultConstructible">DefaultConstructible</a></p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="EqualityComparable.html" title="Concept EqualityComparable">EqualityComparable</a></p></li>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.5"></a><h2>Associated types</h2>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>value_type</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::value_type</pre>
<p>The value type of the iterator (not necessarily what
    <code class="computeroutput">*i</code> returns)</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>difference_type</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::difference_type</pre>
<p>The difference type of the iterator</p>
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<p><span class="bold"><strong>category</strong></span></p>
<pre class="literallayout">std::iterator_traits&lt;Iter&gt;::iterator_category</pre>
<p>The category of the iterator</p>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.6"></a><h2>Notation</h2>
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<dt><span class="term">Iter</span></dt>
<dd>A type playing the role of iterator-type in the <a class="link" href="InputIterator.html" title="Concept InputIterator">InputIterator</a> concept.</dd>
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<span class="term"><code class="varname">i</code>, </span><span class="term"><code class="varname">j</code></span>
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<dd>Objects of type Iter</dd>
<dt><span class="term"><code class="varname">x</code></span></dt>
<dd>Object of type value_type</dd>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.7"></a><h2>Type expressions</h2>
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<dt><span class="term">Category tag</span></dt>
<dd><p><span class="type">category</span> must be
                  derived from <span class="type">std::input_iterator_tag</span>,  a model  of <a class="link" href="DefaultConstructible.html" title="Concept DefaultConstructible">DefaultConstructible</a>,  and  a model  of <a class="link" href="CopyConstructible.html" title="Concept CopyConstructible">CopyConstructible</a>.
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<dt><span class="term">Value type copy constructibility</span></dt>
<dd><p><span class="type">value_type</span> must be
                   a model  of <a class="link" href="CopyConstructible.html" title="Concept CopyConstructible">CopyConstructible</a>.
                </p></dd>
<dt><span class="term">Difference type properties</span></dt>
<dd><p><span class="type">difference_type</span> must be
                   a model  of <a class="link" href="SignedInteger.html" title="Concept SignedInteger">SignedInteger</a>.
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.8"></a><h2>Valid expressions</h2>
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<td><p>Dereference</p></td>
<td><p>*i</p></td>
<td><p>Convertible to <span class="type">value_type</span></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</p></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
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<td><p>Preincrement</p></td>
<td><p>++i</p></td>
<td><p><span class="type">Iter &amp;</span></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</p></td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
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<td><p>Postincrement</p></td>
<td><p>i++</p></td>
<td><p></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">(void)(++i)</code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is dereferenceable or
    off-the-end</p></td>
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<td><p>Postincrement and dereference</p></td>
<td><p>*i++</p></td>
<td><p>Convertible to <span class="type">value_type</span></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is incrementable (not
    off-the-end)</p></td>
<td><p>Equivalent to <code class="computeroutput">{value_type t = *i; ++i; return t;}</code></p></td>
<td><p><code class="computeroutput">i</code> is dereferenceable or
    off-the-end</p></td>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.9"></a><h2>Complexity</h2>
<p>
  All iterator operations must take amortized constant time.
  </p>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.10"></a><h2>Models</h2>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem"><span class="simplelist"><span class="type">std::istream_iterator</span></span></li></ul></div>
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<a name="id-1.3.50.3.5.11"></a><h2>See also</h2>
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<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="DefaultConstructible.html" title="Concept DefaultConstructible">DefaultConstructible</a></p></li>
<li class="listitem"><p><a class="link" href="EqualityComparable.html" title="Concept EqualityComparable">EqualityComparable</a></p></li>
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